heiress
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Revenue inched up 1% to $6.91 billion compared to the year-ago period, when Paramount was controlled by media heiress Shari Redstone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton outside the US Capitol on 17 December 2024.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
It has held a position in the Garnier and Maybelline owner since 1974, when it bought in at the request of L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt to help stop the French government from nationalizing the company.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The Kennedy heiress has already secured an offer for the quaint home near the Kennedy family’s famed Hyannis Port compound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Grace Windsor Wexler, her chin tilted in the regal pose of an heiress, gave him her full attention.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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A number of the Mars heiresses have held top roles at the candy and pet-food company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
Who would listen to wealthy heirs and heiresses?
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
The two heiresses, raised by nannies some 50 years apart, also shared lonely childhoods.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
She becomes one of the wealthiest women in the world, after such heiresses as the women who own giant stakes in L’Oreal and Walmart.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2019
Van never lost his way with women, and he later married and divorced at least two heiresses.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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